QA Software Engineer (Insurance)

This is a remote position.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and skilled Software Quality Assurance Engineer (Insurance) to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications through comprehensive testing processes. This role involves collaborating with Business Analysts, developers, software vendors, and project teams to identify defects, develop test cases, and ensure smooth software deployments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform functional, application, and regression tests
  
• Ensure software is deployed to Production is defect free
  
• Review functional and non-functional requirements and build test cases for end-to-end functionality as well as target testing
  
• Build regression test cases for Automation
  
• Identify issues, risks and dependencies escalating when appropriate
  
• Work closely with Business Analysts and software vendor to understand requirements and develop test cases
  
• Work with the project team and other team members to create end-to-end test plans and scripts, that test for functionality, performance, reliability, stability and compatibility with other systems
  

Requirements

Requirements:

• Good level of understanding property and casualty insurance solutions
  
• 5 years+ of QA testing experience
  
• Strong knowledge of QA processes
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with releases coming every two weeks
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Plan and monitor execution of test cases and report/triage/track defects, as well as define severity and routed to the appropriate individual
  
• Very strong communication skills, must articulate defects and provide strong documentation to support the same
  
• Ability to work independently while keeping teammates apprised of progress
  
• Strong on initiative, ambitious and creative problem solver
  
• Goals oriented with can-do attitude
  
• Has both the intent and drive to grasp and work with new technologies at relatively short notice
  
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, specifically SharePoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding of the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  
• Clear written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
  
• Strong critical-thinking skills
  
• Creative, adaptive problem solver
  
• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and SharePoint